# The Celebrity Death Pool 2009 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** death-pool\ **Created:** [December 1, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262 "2008-12-01T23:40:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 61
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1201 "2009-07-15T04:04:33Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Not mine. I fell for the rumors of Castro and Ariel Sharon’s imminent demises and they still haven’t rung up the curtain and joined the Choir Invisible yet. > > Now watch, Kim Jong Il will be dead in three days. I have Castro, Sharon, and Kim on my list this year, so I’m sure they’ll be around for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1202 "2009-07-15T05:51:00Z")
> [@critter42](#): > > And after all these years, Locus was still run out of his house! I think he basically needed to do that, to continue to qualify for the semi-prozine Hugo. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1203 "2009-07-16T16:19:35Z")
[Nelson Munsey](http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/11957714/rss), who played cornerback for the NFL’s Baltimore Colts from 1972 to '77, has died at the age of 61. He helped the Colts win the American Football Conference East championship in 1975. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2009, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1204 "2009-07-17T12:00:07Z")
Frank McCourt is gravely ill with meningitis and is unlikely to survive, [the author’s brother said Thursday.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_frank_mccourt) ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1205 "2009-07-18T00:27:33Z")
[Walter Cronkite has died](http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2009/06/23/blitzer.cronkite.obit.cnn). And that’s the way it is, July 17, 2009. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1206 "2009-07-18T00:27:39Z")
Just heard on my local news Walter Cronkite has died. Will post a link soon. Beat to the draw by thismuch. ---
**Author:** ![Race\_Harley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Race\_Harley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Race_Harley)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1207 "2009-07-18T00:33:34Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > [Walter Cronkite has died](http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2009/06/23/blitzer.cronkite.obit.cnn). And that’s the way it is, July 17, 2009. R.I.P. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1208 "2009-07-18T00:46:32Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > [Walter Cronkite has died](http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/showbiz/2009/06/23/blitzer.cronkite.obit.cnn). And that’s the way it is, July 17, 2009. the irony is not lost on me that yesterday morning [this wewbsite](http://www.wechoosethemoon.org) began broadcasting all the recordings (some audio, some video) from the Apollo 11 mission (it being the 40th anniversary and all) ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1209 "2009-07-18T01:46:11Z")
The second score for me in a month, after going ofer the first 6. Things are starting to turn around. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1210 "2009-07-18T01:56:48Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > The second score for me in a month, after going ofer the first 6. Things are starting to turn around. I forget, you made eight points or two? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1211 "2009-07-18T01:59:07Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I forget, you made eight points or two? > 🙂 I don’t even know. I scored with Jacko and Uncle Walter, but I guess Walt couldn’t have been worth that much. He was like a thousand years old. ETA, when I say “I scored with them” I mean in the death pool. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1212 "2009-07-18T02:02:16Z")
Eight, according to CNN. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1213 "2009-07-18T04:09:14Z")
Death has been very very good to you, Dio. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1214 "2009-07-18T13:07:44Z")
I’m finally on the board for a measly eight points, but hey, I’ll take 'em. It beats the goose egg I ended up with in 2008. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1215 "2009-07-18T13:56:46Z")
Gordon Waller of the '60s British pop group Peter and Gordon died July 16. > **[Gordon Waller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Waller)** > > Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller (4 June 1945 – 17 July 2009) was a Scottish guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known as Gordon of the 1960s pop music duo Peter and Gordon, whose biggest hit was the no. 1 million-selling single "A World Without Love". > Waller was born in Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of a prominent surgeon. The family later moved to Middlesex, when Waller was a child, where Waller gained entrance to Westminster School. While attending Westminster School, he met fe... ---
**Author:** ![El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Perro_Fumando)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1216 "2009-07-18T17:45:11Z")
When checking my list to see if I had Walter Cronkite, I figured I’d check up on the people who were on my list. Turns out, [Dan Brown, Defensive Coordinator at Fresno State, passed away in March](http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3981488). So turns out I scored 50 points before the Farrah Fawcett/Michael Jackson day. Sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1217 "2009-07-18T18:40:40Z")
[Henry Allingham](http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/18/oldest.vet.dead/index.html), who had been certified just last month by the _Guinness Book of World Records_ as the world’s oldest man, has died at the age of 113. A veteran of World War I (he was the last known survivor of the Battle of Jutland), Allingham was a founding member of Britain’s Royal Air Force. During World War II, he helped devise a system to neutralize magnetic mines that Germany was planting in the harbor of his homeland’s port of Harwich. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1218 "2009-07-18T18:50:53Z")
Would you lose 13 points if you had him? I think you should get 10 points for getting a pick who dies ,then 1 for every year under 100. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1219 "2009-07-18T19:27:32Z")
Woohoo I’m on the board!😃 I mean, RIP Walter Cronkite. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262/1220 "2009-07-19T00:23:08Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > [Henry Allingham](http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/18/oldest.vet.dead/index.html), who had been certified just last month by the _Guinness Book of World Records_ as the world’s oldest man, has died at the age of 113. A veteran of World War I (he was the last known survivor of the Battle of Jutland), Allingham was a founding member of Britain’s Royal Air Force. During World War II, he helped devise a system to neutralize magnetic mines that Germany was planting in the harbor of his homeland’s port of Harwich. Henry Allingham is one of those people that sound like they would have been a pleasure to met. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-death-pool-2009/475262.md?page=62)